The history of Mary Stewart
Subtitle: from the murder of Riccio until her flight into England.
By: By Claude Nau, her secretary. Now first printed from the original manuscripts, with illustrative papers from the secret archives of the Vatican and other collections in Rome; ed., with historical preface, by the Rev. Joseph Stevenson, S. J.
Contributors: Stevenson, Joseph, 1806-1895, ed.
Publisher: W. Paterson
Published: 1883
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587
Notes: Taken from a French mamuscript in the Cottonian library, bearing the title "An historical treatise concerning the affairs of Scotland; chiefly in vindication of Mary, queen of Scots. (French, a fragment)" From internal evidence the authorship is ascribed to Claude Nau. cf. Pref., p. xxxiv-xxxv. The original French is here printed for the first time, preceded by an English translation.